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Elon Phoenix Takes Down Owls in Home Finale

from Press Release

ELON, N.C. – The Elon women's lacrosse team capped the
home portion of its schedule with an 18-7 win over Kennesaw State
today, April 13, in Rhodes Stadium to finish a perfect 5-0 at home
in its inaugural season. The Phoenix is now 6-7 on the season and
remains undefeated in Atlantic Sun play with a 2-0 record, while
the Owls fall to 1-10 and 1-3 in the A-Sun.

Elon outshot KSU, 45-18, and finished nearly perfect in clear
attempts with an 18-of-19 mark. The maroon and gold picked up 24
ground balls en route to tying the team-high for goals scored in a
game.

Eight Elon players recorded points as Molly Garrigan led the way
with a career-high six goals. Anna Vittonand Sydney Hesselbein both
posted three goals, while Sloane Kessler finished with two goals
and three assists. Emily Bishop, Olivia Fernandez, Kelli Stack and
Jane Ruede all recorded one score in the game.

Goalie Rachel Ramirez posted seven saves off 14 shots on goal by
the Owls to claim a 53.1 save percentage, while also picking up
three ground balls. Erin Murnane led the team with four ground
balls, whileElle Hvozdovic won seven times at the draw for the
Phoenix.

Megan Weissman won the first two draws for Elon as the offense
turned both opportunities into scores by Kessler and Hesselbein in
the first 90 seconds for a 2-0 advantage. KSU answered at the 25:22
mark before the Phoenix rattled off five straight goals, with two
by each Hesselbein and Vitton, to lead by six, 7-1, with under five
minutes remaining in the opening half. The Owls closed out the
frame with a goal by Sydney Farwick to make it a 7-2 score at the
break.

After trading goals back-and-forth three times to start the
second half, the maroon and gold scored back-to-back with goals by
Vitton and Garrigan to make it a 12-5 lead with 11:35 left to play.
The Owls' Olivia Hokanson posted a goal prior to a streak of five
straight for the Phoenix, including three goals by Garrigan, to
take an 11-goal advantage, 17-6, with 5:01 remaining in the game.
KSU scored its final goal with two and a half minutes left before
Ruede posted the first goal of her career with seven ticks
remaining to help Elon to the 18-7 final.

The Owls finished 12-of-18 in clear attempts, grabbed 18 ground
balls and took the advantage at the draw, 15-12. Allison Senft took
the loss after allowing five goals after only 11:54 between the
pipes. Peyton Murdock finished out the game for KSU with 11 saves
and allowed 13 goals.

Elon will continue A-Sun play next week when it travels to
Howard to take on the Bison in a 1 p.m. game on Saturday, April 19,
in Washington, D.C.